How to Be a Good Salesperson: The Key Steps to Take
Good sales reps will effectively earn the respect and the ongoing trust of their prospects. Great ones earn their loyalty, admiration, and new referrals. Good reps handle objections skillfully; great ones preemptively surface the concerns and eliminate them.
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How To Launch a Freelance Web Design Business
I admire your entrepreneurialism. Really, I do. After all, you're launching a freelance web design business, regardless of the plethora of available code-free themes and content management platforms. And the estimated 30,253 plus freelance web design developers already working in the USA! [...]
Why Are Young Workers Shunning a Career in Sales? Start With These 5 Misguided Myths
This is a guest post by Alex Dripchak “The pay is high and jobs are plentiful, but few want to go into sales,” revealed a recent report in The Wall Street Journal. A recent Wall Street Journal article (“Sales Can Be a [...]
This Is How to Change Careers the Right Way
Growing up, we're told to college and earn a degree for a job that we will hold for the rest of our working lives. Or so they say. However, reality paints a different picture. The truth is, only 27% of college graduates [...]
Helpful Tips for Parents Interested in Returning to School
It’s never too late to expand your skill-set or change career paths. As the professional landscape continues to change in unprecedented ways, this has become more apparent than ever. Whether you’ve already completed a degree program in your chosen field or have [...]
How to Foster a Growth Mindset in Your Team
You've experienced the benefits of having a growth mindset in your own life. It's helped you get where you are today. But like any concept that expands your mind and challenges your paradigms, it's got you looking more critically (even judgmentally) at [...]
What Are the Main Types of Personal Debt That an Individual Can Have?
From personal, educational, mortgage and more, debt defines the finances of Americans like nothing else. American households hold almost 15 trillion dollars of debt. One reason why that number is so high is that there are many types of personal debt. Many [...]
5 Things to Do Before You Say I Quit
We've had a lot of free time that we didn't have before we all started working from home. Then, there's a constant distraction of the phone next to us. And then, there's stress and/or burnout that's not helping either. Frustrations, distractions, reflections, [...]
Commuting to Work: Stay Alert to Avoid Accidents
Seven Ways a Car Accident Can Impact Your Career With the workforce around the world heading back to work - well partially if not all, it's time to remind ourselves to stay alert on the commute. There are a lot of ways [...]
5 Simple Marketing Tips For Beginners
Marketing is one of the most daunting aspects of starting a business. Often new business owners find that their marketing campaigns aren’t yielding the results一clients, customers, or sales一they want. Thus, having the right marketing strategy, techniques, and tools is crucial to success. [...]
What Is the Difference Between Career Growth and Career Development?
People often discuss their career development and growth, looking forward to advancing their careers. However, they don’t realize that these are two different aspects. Do you also believe that both are similar? If yes, then you’re wrong! Continue reading this article as [...]
5 Unique Ways to Start Investing
Investing money is a step towards financial freedom, which many people desire. Many subject matter experts have come up with the “best” investment opportunities to feed people’s quest for knowledge in this area. You will be glad to note that investing money [...]
How to be Your Own Advocate When it Comes to Growing Your Career
When deciding on your career path, it is important to know how you are going to get there. Through various tasks, goals, and general day-to-day responsibilities, it can be difficult to keep track of all the work you are putting into your [...]
Remote Communication Tips for the Workplace
A recent survey on how businesses have communicated with their staff and customers/clients throughout the pandemic. The research showed: 56% said there has been more collaboration during Covid-19 53% said they have received weekly updates from their company, 27% daily Email (73%) Zoom (66%), and Slack (60%) were the most [...]
How To Find A Job Where You Can Work From Home
Finding a work-from-home job requires patience, determination, and a keen understanding of your personality and working preferences. If you are considering working from home, these tips should be helpful. Is a work-from-home job right for you? Before you begin searching for a [...]
Using Savings to Boost Your Career
Starting out in the working world is never easy. But if your parents opened a junior ISA account for you, you could be in luck. Having some savings backing you can really help to accelerate your career when used wisely. Whether you’re [...]
My performance has suffered during the pandemic. Now what?
Credibility Can Be Reclaimed. Here Are Four Ways to Do It. This is a guest post by Angie Morgan “I want to get back on track.” This is a common refrain I’ve heard from many professionals recently. They’ve known for quite some [...]
3 Ways To Eat Healthy When You’re Too Busy With Work
As a busy professional, you might have a rigorous routine and often lack time to sit and have a proper meal. On top of your work deliverables, your remaining time may be divided among your family, friends, and other obligations. To sustain [...]
Struggling to Approach Book Writing? Here’s What You Need to Know
This is a guest post by Genevieve Georget So many of us grew up learning about the classics in school: “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Lord of the Flies,” “Romeo and Juliet.” We read books as a study of literature to learn theme [...]
Get Educated: The Best Degrees to Get In 2021
Looking to start college in 2021? Wondering which degrees would be the most beneficial for you? You're reading the right article. Below, we're going to discuss some of the most useful degrees that you can get in 2021 and the coming years. [...]
Study Reveals Healthcare and Social Care are the Top Careers for Gen Z in 2021
Study Reveals Healthcare and Social Care are the Top Careers for Gen Z in 2021 with Remote Working Alienating Graduates Small Business Prices analyses the top industries and countries for a graduate career trajectory to reveal the best places for Gen Z to [...]
Save Money and Get Out of Debt Using These Tips
Debt can feel like a dirty word in the United States, given how many people are struggling with their finances. Even when people got support through government stimulus, statistics show that Americans owe close to $1 trillion on credit card payments. Such [...]
3 Ways To Maximize Productivity When Self-Employed
Simply put, being self-employed means working for yourself rather than an employer. You earn income directly from your own trade, business, or profession. Given these points, self-employed individuals are what we call freelancers, entrepreneurs, and businessmen. To be self-employed, you may [...]
Why EQ Beats IQ in Driving ‘True’ Leadership Success
This is a guest post by Merilee Kern. In many ways, being an effective leader boils down to your ability to influence people—a proficiency that is driven by one’s emotional intelligence (EQ). Leadership is more about soft skills—the ability to inspire, persuade, [...]
10 Key Tips for Building a Successful Career
Your job makes you miserable. You spend day after day running groceries over a scanner and listening to people complain to you about things you can’t control. It’s time to put yourself back at the beginning of the career stage. The question [...]